"I am ready to act if necessary", assured the President of the European Commission, Ursula Von Der Leyen, "about the situation in Hungary which President Viktor Orban managed to achieve obtained full powers thanks to a special law passed Monday in order to fight coronavirus, he said, and can now govern by prescription for an unlimited period.
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"There are a significant number of Member States which have put in place emergency measures and I understand this", she admitted, adding however that these measures must be taken "for a limited period of time and well defined ", aimed" only at protecting the health of citizens and allowing a rapid response from the government ".
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"I am ready to act if necessary"
On Hungary more specifically, Ursula Von Der Leyen said that the European Commission was paying "great attention to the situation and to the new legislation". "We are ready to act if necessary because it is necessary that this response is proportionate and limited in time and especially that it is placed under the control of the parliament", she thus recalled, before adding: " We are in dialogue with the Hungarian government on these points, but here again I am ready to act if necessary ".